Category Archives: New land rises from sea

May 2016 – JAPAN – A chain of earthquakes like the ones that hit Kumamoto Prefecture and neighboring areas could occur in other regions, given the numerous active faults in the nation. The Kumamoto Earthquake illustrated the fact that Japan … Continue reading →

July 2015 – TAIWAN – Stunning footage has revealed a rare underwater ‘volcano’ erupting off the coast of Taiwan. As the drone flies over the around Kueishantao Island, off the coast of Taiwan’s Gueishan Island, beautiful bubble plumes can be … Continue reading →

May 2015 – SOUTH PACIFIC, Tonga – A new island that formed in the Pacific after an underwater volcano eruption off Tonga has begun to erode and is “getting smaller.” The cone-shaped island – about half a mile wide and … Continue reading →

August 2014 – JAPAN – An erupting volcanic island that is expanding off Japan could trigger a tsunami if its freshly-formed lava slopes collapse into the sea, scientists say. The small, but growing, island appeared last year and quickly engulfed … Continue reading →

January 25, 2014 – GALAPAGOS ISL – The volcanic plume that gave birth to the Galapagos Islands is not where scientists thought it was, a new study finds. Three-dimensional seismic images suggest the plume lies southeast of the chain’s Fernandina … Continue reading →

December 27, 2013 – CANARY ISLANDS – Something is going on under El Hierro, and recent events suggest this time things could be dramatically different. Two years after a new underwater volcano appeared offshore of El Hierro in the Canary … Continue reading →